FINRA Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc (FINRA)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring FINRA skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 521 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing FINRA 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.005% - -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.042% - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - -
UK median annual salary - £80,000 -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK excluding London

FINRA falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 4,803 5,886 4,532
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 11.42% 15.78% 14.71%
Number of salaries quoted 2,535 2,484 3,193
10th Percentile £29,000 £30,500 £27,965
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,438 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,125 £70,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £81,250 £83,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £58,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.33% - +4.35%

FINRA
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing FINRA relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

FINRA job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

FINRA
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing FINRA.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing FINRA

FINRA
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing FINRA within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 30 December 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North West - 2 - -
North of England - 2 - - 5
FINRA
UK

FINRA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Senior
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (50.00%) Derivative
1 1 (50.00%) Equities
1 1 (50.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Trade Surveillance
2 1 (50.00%) AI
2 1 (50.00%) Data Science
2 1 (50.00%) Model Validation
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Python
1 1 (50.00%) R
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) QA